The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016

Petition dismissed

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7.23.—(1) Unless the court otherwise directs, when a petition is dismissed the petitioner must give a notice of the dismissal as soon as reasonably practicable.

(2) The notice must be—

(a)gazetted; or

(b)advertised in accordance with any directions of the court.

(3) The notice must contain—

(a)a statement that a petition for the winding up of the company has been dismissed;

(b)in the case of an overseas company, the address at which service of the petition was effected;

(c)the name and address of the petitioner;

(d)the date on which the petition was presented;

(e)the date on which the petition was gazetted or otherwise advertised; and

(f)the date of the hearing at which the petition was dismissed.

(4) The company may itself gazette notice of the dismissal where—

(a)the petitioner is not the company; and

(b)the petitioner has not given notice in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (3) within 21 days of the date of the hearing at which the petition was dismissed.